Bill Text: CA AB385 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Daylight Saving Time.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-08-30 - Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 15. Noes 19. Page 5528.). [AB385 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB385-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 385	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 9, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Harper   and Obernolte   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to add Section 6808 to the Government Code, and to repeal
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Daylight Saving Time Act, an
initiative measure approved at the November 8, 1949, special
election, relating to Daylight Saving Time.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 385, as amended, Chu. Daylight Saving Time.
   Existing federal law establishes the standard time of the United
States for each of 9 zones and advances the standard time of each
zone by one hour during the period commencing at 2 a.m. on the 2nd
Sunday of March of each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday
of November of each year. Existing state law, the Daylight Saving
Time Act, which was adopted as an initiative measure by the voters at
the November 8, 1949, special election, provides that the standard
time within the state is that which is known, described, and
designated by federal law as United States Standard Pacific Time. The
act also requires, from 1 a.m. on the last Sunday of April, until 2
a.m. on the last Sunday of October, the standard time within the
state to be one hour in advance of United States Standard Pacific
Time.
   This bill would repeal the Daylight Saving Time  Act,
  Act  and would require the standard time within
the state to be that of the 5th zone designated by federal law as
Pacific standard time. The bill would authorize the Legislature to
amend its provisions by a majority vote to  further the
purposes of the bill.   provide for the application of
year-round day light savings time, if authorized by federal law.

   The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to amend or
repeal an initiative statute by another statute that becomes
effective when approved by the electors.
   This bill would provide that it would become effective only upon
approval of the voters. It would also provide for submission of this
measure to the voters for approval at the next statewide general
election.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6808 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   6808.  (a) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth
zone designated by federal law as Pacific standard time (15 U.S.C.
Secs. 261 and 263).
   (b) The   If federal law authorizes the state
to provide for the year-round application of the advancement of
standard time commonly referred to as day light savings time, 
Legislature may amend this section by a majority vote to 
further the purposes of the act that added this section. 
 provide for that application. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 1 of the Daylight Saving Time Act is repealed.
  SEC. 3.  Section 2 of the Daylight Saving Time Act is repealed.
  SEC. 4.  Section 3 of the Daylight Saving Time Act is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 4 of the Daylight Saving Time Act is repealed.
  SEC. 6.  Section 5 of the Daylight Saving Time Act is repealed.
  SEC. 7.   (a)    Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of
this act amend the Daylight Saving Time Act, Proposition 12, an
initiative statute approved by the voters at the November 8, 1949,
special election, and shall become effective only when  this act
is  submitted to and approved by the voters. The Secretary of
State shall submit Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act to the
voters at a statewide election in accordance with Section 9040 of the
Elections Code. 
   (b) Upon approval of this act by the voters, the Secretary of
State shall provide express notice to the federal Secretary of
Transportation that California has, by law, exempted itself from
provisions providing for the advancement of time, commonly referred
to as daylight savings time.